Re: [v][sf]printf additions (#, E, g, G)

Hi Marcus, Cool, thanks. I didn't start modifying it yet, but will soon. Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcus Boerger" Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 > Hello Matt, > > sounds good then, keep going. > > best regards > marcus > > Friday, July 21, 2006, 10:08:19 AM, you wrote: > > > Hi Marcus, > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Marcus Boerger" > > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 2:21 PM > > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [v][sf]printf additions (#, E, g, G) > > >> Hello Matt, > >> > >> Having more conversion specifiers here won't hurt. If it can be done > >> in a way compatible to other languages especially like C it should be > >> done in that way. If PHP has already closed the way by choosing opposite > >> defaults the opposite should everntually also work. > > > Sorry, not sure what you mean in the last sentence as far as the additions > > I'm asking about. I agree about compatibility with C's specifiers, but > > PHP's *printf() has things that C's doesn't (%b; alternate padding > > specifier) and vice versa (PHP's doesn't support "*" width/precision > > -- nor > > does it need to; also no %n). That's why I thought it would be OK to let # > > with f/F mean no trailing 0's. > > > Other than that, g/G would, of course, be new. Unless it's not needed if 1) > > my "alternate form" %f idea is added, or 2) its precision would confuse > > users since it means "number of significant digits" with g/G, rather than > > decimal places. > > > # with e/E would include the decimal point even if precision=0 > > # with g/G *wouldn't* strip trailing 0's > > # with o would include "0" prefix with non-zero result > > # with x/X would include "0x"/"0X" prefix with non-zero result > > > All like C AFAIK, again except %#.3f, for example, wouldn't have trailing > > zeros/point. As you can probably tell, I don't like extra 0's unless > > there's a *need* to always have the same width (same idea with > > number_format()). :-) I'm sure other PHP users feel the same way and would > > like this alternate %f form, even if no other language has it! > > >> Best regards, > >> Marcus > > > Thanks for the reply, > > Matt